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JEP Knock-Out Final
Paul Le Conte
SPORTING Club Français won the JEP Brighter Cricket KO Cup for the ninth time in 20 years at the beginning of July.
But the much expected landslide win against Division II St Helier RFC did not materialise as the minnows gave a fine account of themselves taking the Division I leaders to the last over before losing by five wickets with four balls remaining.
St Helier were restricted to 129 for 4 in the Twenty/20 six-ball over format, thanks to a stunning opening four overs from left-armer Mark Reynolds who conceded just two runs one a wide.
And Tim Kearsey took a wicket with his first ball to finish with one wicket for 15 runs in his four overs.
Jules Nolli held the St Helier innings together with a fine 49 before being caught behind by Simon Short.
Richard Gomersall and Pat Dean kept the scoreboard ticking over late on to give St Helier> '> s score some respectability.
Dean, coming on at first change, then took four wickets for 17 runs in his four overs and with his unbeaten 22 and a couple of fine stops in the covers, deservedly won the man-of-the-match award chosen by former Jersey Cricket Association president Ray Pearce.
Skipper Vowden and Jason Carpenter opened the Sporting Club innings with a partnership of 54 with Carpenter seeing little of the ball to be on nine runs after nine overs.
Carpenter was in danger of seeing the overs overtake his score before playing a fine shot down the leg-side for four runs.
Vowden, who played some fine cut shots, went to a good catch from Nolli, the impressive all-rounder taking the ball high to his left off Dean's bowling.
Dean uprooted the off-stump of Justin Le Fort and then Carpenter before Patidar, a late replacement for the injured Paul Carberry, was bowled middle stump.
Peter Gough kept the score ticking along with a good 30 before he was brilliantly run out off the final ball of the 19th over after a clean pick up and throw in from the boundary by Dean Morrison.
St Helier made an excellent game of it before Trevor Rousseau hit the winning runs with four balls remaining.
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